David Roush of Shelby competes in the T1 finals of the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in 2002 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

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The SCAA National Championship Runoffs may have started at Riverside in California and Daytona in Florida in the 1960s. It may have spent more time at Road Atlanta than anywhere else, and it may have experienced recent runs in Topeka and Road America.

But according to many who follow amateur road racing, the Runoffs were never better than in the 1990s and early 2000s at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. And as events go, the Runoffs treated the area even better. ...